Thinking Aloud on the Journey…

Vote… Then Stay Calm and Carry On

In the last four years, human life has been placed more at risk. The “right to life” that America promises to guard and protect has diminished. The life of the unborn – and, therefore, also the born – has been declared of value only if that life is convenient and wanted.

In the last four years and under a government that seems to have another allegiance, a cruel blow has been dealt to the sanctity of human life, the institution of marriage and the guardianship of children. Generations will pay dearly.

Here’s what I see. The king sets himself and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us” (Psalm 2:2-3).

In the past four years, this government has passed over the Creator of life in the scramble to feed the ravenous coffers of Planned Parenthood (PP). “Opportunity Centers,” PP’s friendly neighborhood sterilization chambers, are set up in strategic locations to reach America’s daughters so they don’t have to worry about pregnancy. Is there a reason why abortion clinics are strategically set in the middle of African American neighborhoods? Strange, isn’t it, that one of their own would allow this to happen. Under no other American presidency has there been such a tight bond between the one who is to defend life and the institution which makes a profit from destroying life.

In the last four years, Americans have been put at risk by an economic burden that threatens to suck the very life out of us. What kind of leadership pits the young against the old, the “haves” against the “have nots,” and, in general, one citizen against another?

In the last four years, the vibrancy of life that grows out of time-honored marriage and family has been slowly drained away at the altar of progressivism. But, two men and two women are not a “good fit” (Genesis 2:18). Faith and science walk hand in hand to prove that social experiments – those trendy ideas that go against the very structure and design of civilization – have terrible consequences.

In the past four years, pedophilia, sex trafficking and all forms of sexual deviancy have risen to dangerous levels. The hope of desensitizing society and changing the penal code system so that all manner of sexual lust and imagination can be practiced has, indeed, been realized.

In the past four years, the government has determined to take over the health care system. But, human lives will fall between the cracks of a cold and monolithic structure. The government, after all, is not a person with heart and hands to care. As to efficiency, well, take a good look at the U.S. Post Office or federally (as opposed to locally) run schools.

In the past four years, people of faith have been told they must deny their faith in order to pay for deeds and services that go against God and conscience. Under government health care, church-supported schools, social services, and hospitals must cover the sterilization, abortion producing drugs, and birth control of employees. To refuse places church or private Christian business under penalty of heavy fine. Will it be God… or Caesar?

In the past four years, the life of every American citizen is more at risk because this government would rather build relationships with America’s enemies than strengthen our defense. When “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was gutted and in-the-field-experienced soldiers sequestered, our president bowed to those who seek jihad against American men, women and children.

The Lord of creation does not stand far off. He has not forgotten those who call upon Him. He defends the fatherless and oppressed. He has shown us what is good. What does He ask of us? “To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8).

So, please. Vote. Vote as if your life depends on it.

Then, in the words of Winston Churchill (the man whose bust was removed from the White House four years ago): “Stay calm. Carry on.”

3 Responses

It is so important to vote, but it is also important to know that whoever is elected, our fight for the sanctity of life, for marriage, for families, for Biblical teaching and Godly living will continue. I love the thought – vote as if your life depends on it…then carry on. We will continue and God will continue to guide us and protect us. Thanks for the reminder LInda!